Sukkot Quiz | Israel

#1. The origin of Simchat Torah can be found in?

The Torah

The Mishna

The Kabbalah

The Zohar

#2. What do some scholars believe Shemini Atzeret was devoted to in Temple times?

Religious sacrafices

The ritual cleansing of the altar

Cleaning up the Temple after the previous holiday

Remembering the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai

#3. On Simchat Torah children

Are given an aliya

Wave flags

Dance with the Torah

All of the above

#4. What do the circles around the synagogue on Simchat Torah represent, according to kabbalist tradition?

The seven days of Sukkot

The seven sephirot (emanations of God)

The seven days of the week

1 & 2

#5. What does Simchat Torah mean?

The Day We Received the Torah

Rejoicing in Torah

Beginning the Torah Again

The End of the Torah

#6. On Simchat Torah the Torah reading includes

The story of creation

The story of Noah

The story of Abraham smashing the idols

The Ten Commandments

#7. What title is given to the person honored with the first aliyah of Genesis on Simchat Torah?

The Kallah

The Hazzan

Hatan Bereshit/Kallat Bereshit

Hatan Torah/Kallat HaTorah

#8. On Shemini Atzeret a short prayer for rain is inserted into the second blessing of the Amidah. This prayer for rain continues to be recited in the Amidah until when?

After Simchat Torah

The first day of Spring

Hanukkah

Passover

#9. According to the Torah, what three basic requirements define a material as valid for use as a succah roof?

It must be green, have an etrog and lulav.

It must have a bed, chair and candles in it.

It must be check by a rabbi, be close to the house and have a roof.

It must grow from the ground, no longer be connected to the ground, and not be receptive to tumah (ritual defilement).

#10. If the succah causes discomfort (e.g., it’s too cold) to the extent that under similar conditions you would leave your very own house, you are exempt from the mitzvah. Why?

You can't have a fire in a succah.

Because the commandment of living in a succah is to dwell in the succah for seven days the same way you dwell in your house the rest of the year. (Mishna Berura 640:13)

The succah must be hot.

The succah will wilt.

#11. Besides referring to the tree and its fruit, what does the word “etrog” mean literally?

Citrus

Beauty

Tasty

Yellow

#12. What is the minimum length of a lulav?

Its spine must be at least 2 tefachim(halachic handbreadths)

Its spine must be at least 3 tefachim(halachic handbreadths)

Its spine must be at least 4 tefachim(halachic handbreadths)

Its spine must be at least 5 tefachim(halachic handbreadths)

#13. What is the maximum percentage a person is required to add to the purchase price of his etrog in order to obtain an etrog of greater beauty?

50% (Orach Chaim 656:1)

40% (Orach Chaim 656:1)

33.3% (Orach Chaim 656:1)

25% (Orach Chaim 656:1)

#14. King Solomon refers to himself as “Kohelet.” Why is King Solomon called Kohelet? ? Blacksmith sitting next Solomon, Blacksmith explains to Solomon temple could not have been built without tools made by blacksmiths whereupon Solomon grants him a seat of honor. Includes quote from Isaiah, 54.16 and explanatory text from a "Jewish legend."

Because he gathered (kihale) vast wisdom, and because he, as king, gathered the nation on Succot after the Sabbatical year. (Rashi, Kohelet 1:1)

Because he was very wealthy. (Rashi, Kohelet 1:1)

Because he gathered etrogs after the Sabbatical year. (Rashi, Kohelet 1:1)

Because he lived in a succah during Sabbatical year. (Rashi, Kohelet 1:1)

#15. What prohibition could a person transgress simply by sitting in the succah on the eighth day of Succot?

Bal Tosif - “Do not sleep while doing the mitzvot.” The commandment to live in the succah applies for only seven days.

Bal Tosif - “Do not add to the mitzvot.” The commandment to live in the succah applies for only seven days.

Bal Tosif - “Do sit while blessing a mitzvot.” The commandment to live in the succah applies for only seven days.

Bal Tosif - “Do not think improper thoughts. in the succah” The commandment to live in the succah applies for only seven days.

#16. We hold a tallit over the heads of the people who read the end of the Torah and the beginning of the Torah. Why?

It represents the faith in the Torah and love for G-d.

It represents the commitment to Torah and love for G-d.

It represents the wedding canopy, symbolizing that through the Torah we wed ourselves to G-d.

It represents the wings of the angels.

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